Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-13

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Last Aag. June and July, while there
w1s ian noW q milk and everybody
had frssh COWS. Ne butter marksE was
depressed ard there was no opportu-
nifty % Place The mix; now batter
brings nearly twice e rnnch - then,
and thars isa sharp composition smong
consumers 70 get Il.
Believing Grmly in the truth OF she
statements made I'm the following lst-
ter 10 the American Cnltivnt0r, we
siEe space 70 Il 10 fhe exclusion of
other pressing matter. The writer
says
Il 4 astonishing hat 80 few people
have jet discovered the prolt and otter
advantages Of having most Of the COWS
81 the farm fresh IL milk during the
autumn monfha Many object 70 mix
ing and = the care Of much milk in the
winter time, and others think having
cows IN fall few Of milk during the
winter requires unnecessary aud en-
penslEe feeding. These objections are
not unnatural, and Il but lightly CEN
sidered may be made 10 furnish some
seemingly reasonable arguments
against fall fresh cows. Bus II one
oersfnlly studies the subject, the great
advantages Of winter dAiryiny soOn
become apparent. Even II cows are
dry ; large part Of The winter. Il isl
certainly poor policy 70 lessen tbs care
and food Is this season. II not giving
milk, the cows are performing the
Of maturing the unborn calves, and
need generous treatment. Indeed. q
good dairy COW deserves and should
liberal feeding and good care the year
round.
For some years have had charge Of
large butfer-making herd, and the
eneagements made it desirable to have
some COWS calve In every month OF the
year. On looking over the records, l
lind that with cows Of like are and
breeding, those which calved Ia SEN
TENDER and October gave on an aver
age from SOC 70 1000 pounds, or about
100 gallons more milk In the year than
those which were fresh in the spring.
And this was Just % much profit, be-
cause all we're treated alike az all sea
sons, whether fresh or dry Additional
profit resulted from the fact that the
milk produced In December and Janu-
AIRY was much richer than that from
the pastuEage Of the early summer.
Taking the herd through, Il required
one quart, and sometimes two quarts,
less milk in winter than in summer 70
make q pound Of butter. Cows fresh
on fall pasturage make up fine udders
and get good start, perhaps not so
extremely " fush," but more Snbstan-
tial, because on more nutritious f00d.
With reasonably good care the now OF
milk Is kept up through the winter,
and whsn the animal begins to be heavy
with calf. or has q tendency from other
causes 20 dry Of, the fresh pastures Of
spring are ready and Q new start given.
which carries the COW well along into
summer with . profitable flow. 1t is
noticeable that, in cows apparently
alike, those calving In the autumn are
dry 9 shorter time than those fresh in
the spring. Moreover. there seems 70
be no better time for cows TO be dry,
on their own account and on that Of
their owners, than from the middle Of
July 10 the middle OF September. That
Is the period when cows in milk have
70 contend 50 often with heat and flies,
and dry, short pastures The three
points named, Q long milking period,
more milk IN the year and 81 greater
average richness, make = str0ng ar
gument in favor Of fall-fresh cows for
profit.
But there Is stu further margin for
profit in winter dairying. Not only
can one get more butter IN a year from
herd thus managed, and Of higher
average quality, but tbs butter Is worth
much more when made. and can be
kept for weeks, If necessary, with less
liability Of injury and loss. As q gem
eral rule two pounds Of butter In win
ter are worth more than three pounds
In summer. Yet most people continue
70 make and sell az this loss Of one
dollar in every three. BY far the
greater quantity OF butter made in this
country Is now produced in the months
Of May, June, July and August. BY
careful examination OF the market
quotations for the last ten years, find
that the average price OF FIRST class
butter in these four months has been
% cents, and the average price for the
menths Of November. December, jan
uary and February, dunng the same
period, has been about SO cents per
pound. Looking over the record Of
actual experience carefully, find that
the annual income from q butter
making COW fresh In the fall has for
several years been rather more than
ten dollars greater than from . Ike an
imal fresh ID the spring. And this haal
been nearly al profit.